Against Theory : Literary Studies and the New Pragmatism by Mitchell, W. J. T

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University of Chicago Press Journals, 1985-06-15. paperback. Used: Good.

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 1985. Paperback. New. 152 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. "Against Theory," the title essay in this volume, challenges the notion that literary theory has any real work to do, or any results to show. This challenge--issued by Steven Knapp and Walter Benn Michaels in Critical Inquiry (8:4)--strikes some critics as scandalous, others as provocative and productive. The argument is directed against both sides of the current debates in literary theory, criticizing theoretical "objectivists" like E. D. Hirsch, Jr., on the one hand, and proponents of indeterminacy like Paul de Man on the other. The attack is not just on a particular way of doing theory but on the entire project of literary theory. The challenge is not only to a way of thinking and writing but to a way of making a living. The resulting controversy has drawn so much attention among literary critics that it has been collected in a single volume so that the debate can be followed from start to finish. This collection includes the essay… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1985. Paperback. New. 152 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.25 inches.

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University of Chicago Press Journals, 1985-06-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!